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Whoa... Just looked it up. OPMD is pretty obscure, though it shouldn't be. I was lead writer on the New York MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon for 10 years. (I'm not credited anywhere, fortunately, except in the credit roll at the end of the show.) We should have done a spot on it. We did spots on...

Early in the pando, as someone with a lot of risk factors, and before we knew whether the virus was transmitted outdoors (and if so, under what circumstances) I added an N95 level full face mask to my normal getup, which was motocross armor, helmet, and insectoid sunglasses, sometimes with...

Oh, hell yeah. (When I was healthy. I'll be off the bike for at least another couple of weeks, probably, maybe longer.) For whatever reason, my Class III seems to cut out at just over 29 MPH, (could be GPS error, as Stomp and a few others pointed out) so there are flat (as far as I can tell)...

Thank you for sharing your wife's story; I can't (and don't intend to) offer any medical advice, though I can offer my own experience, hope, and encouragement. I hope she has a speedy recovery, and IMHO, you are a total badass for supporting her in the way that you do. They wanted to fit me...

Weirdly, I embraced bike helmets before ski helmets. What find me cross over from the dark side was, oddly, a random younger cat I met on the lift at Baldy here in So. Cal. I was in my mid 50s-- I thought I was old, probably-- and it was a good day, good conditions, I was skiing very well on...

Very kind of you to ask, friend! I saw you ask the community in a different thread. You were right to be concerned. The short answer: I died. I had a serious medical issue, (my heart stopped for ten minutes) and I was in the ICU for six weeks! I just got home 17 days ago, but even so, I was...

Exactly. They are happy to service my Canyon when needed, though they are over seven miles away and across a major freeway. For same-day service (like installing the wireless remote for the motor) there is a shop that is closer-- more of a specialty eMTB LBS-- that was happy to do the job...

It is strange how modern e-bike weight, torque, power delivery and gear choices interact; it just produces some unexpected situations. There is one ascent at the end of a steep hill-- it's probably only 10%-- on my shortest fitness ride that is a totally different experience on the 50 nm 36...

Very interesting. I wonder, how much do these contraptions weigh? There are a few gates in the Verdugos-- and elsewhere, I think-- that are even narrower than that, the posts or bollards or whatever are much closer together. I had to lift Seeker (46 pounds) to get through. If there was no...

FWIW, when I do longer, more serious rides, I use BOTH AllTrails and MTB Project. When riding near the limit of my range, I typically do a trial fun first; if there's a lot of ascent, I often don't make it the first try anyway. To figure range, I look at the total vertical climb that's...

IMHO, drones take all the fun out of photography-- just too much tech between me and the shot. Obviously, like everyone else in the US, I use a drone for personal defense when biking, driving, walking the dog, and running errands. I'm not a total luddite.

I have not been feeling well the past few weeks-- too boring to go into-- both head and stomach issues, a few spikes of high fever and lower smoldering ones, and very, very low energy. I have barely ridden at all for nearly two weeks, but last night, I was determined to go to my local outdoor...

Really feeling all this, Indiana, sending positive vibes your way. I had a terrible flu-- if it was COVID, it didn't show on any tests-- which recruited all my antibodies, so a minor flareup of diveriticulitus turned into a major one with high fever, heavy duty pain, the whole nine. Different...

Ya, I wish there was a way to make the rear tail lights switchable on the Grizl, though they don't consume a lot of power. I would use them when the sun went down, or when visibility was bad. We all know that it's not possible for a single bike to best for all circumstances; a true GADA. But...

Yeah... probably more of an issue with high-power motors but even with my dinky Hilltopper, I did notice a little of that effect, though only at low speed. Even so, it quickly becomes instinctive balancing the power by putting more grunt into the pedals. It was more natural than I expected it...

It really depends on how you are using them. I felt that mine gave me really good service for two years-- I was pushing it past its limits, so it had a shorter service life, but for me, the weight distribution was not problematic at all. Here's why: * My donor bike, a Trek 930, was relatively...

Your take on this is more level-headed than mine. That's exactly it-- if it were clearer you were investing in a startup, that would level the playing field a bit more. I also think that Indiegogo and KS could be more proactive about flagging high-risk projects or potential scams.

The main reason I joined this forum was because in 2021 I stumbled across an Indiegogo project for (I think) a 39 pound aluminum hardtail for about $1,700. I think it was called Avarax. I came SO close to buying it. My finger hovered over the 'buy' button for weeks. It was a very convincing...

It is a hard question, but in many ways very sensible. The OP doesn't know what his use-case scenario is because he has not ridden much! You don't know where this journey will lead. I have spent probably close to 10,000 total over 5 years on three different bikes but really do not regret the...

Whoa! Interesting to look at those forks-- the gentle, smooth curve, like my Competition, vs. this rando stock photo of a Professional, which has the more dramatic angled fork. The Teams are stunning! Love that red and black, and yes, the tubes look so thin today. (And I think about having...